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VMware Player / Workstation Mouse Grab Input Focus Bug

To fix the recent bug with VMware Player 2.5.3 and Workstation 6.5.3 Build 185404 under Karmic Koala Ubuntu just paste this line in your console before launching vmplayer/vmware:

export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes

you may also modify the VMware starting script so you don’t have to export it every time.

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7 Responses to “VMware Player / Workstation Mouse Grab Input Focus Bug”

  1. Nenad Dragicevic Says:
    October 31st, 2009 at 8:07 am

    this is just what i needed
    thanks mate
    nenad

  2. JC Says:
    November 29th, 2009 at 6:46 pm

    Did the trick with mine… using vmware player in ubuntu and a windows xp guest, windows kept losing focus, mouse problems, swiching between “grab input” and “release input” ever half second, total mess, it seems to be working fine now.

    Huge thanks!!!!!

    Juan Carlos

  3. Eric Says:
    December 24th, 2009 at 5:20 pm

    Thanks. This worked. I added the line to my .bashrc file so I shouldn’t have to keep typing it in.

  4. Marco Says:
    December 25th, 2009 at 12:44 pm

    GREAT, now VMWare working fine. THANK YOU

  5. Sotir Rangelov Says:
    January 14th, 2010 at 1:50 pm

    Hello,
    I am using ubuntu 9.10 and have vmware server 2.0.
    This problem appears not only when I work on the station from my localhost, but also on a station from another server (ubuntu 8.04 with vmware server 2.0).

    Can you advise me where should I include this code to solve the problem?

    Eric said that he put it into the .bashrc file. i put the code to /home/user/.bashrc but there is no change.

    thank you in advance

  6. Peter Says:
    January 15th, 2010 at 1:21 am

    @Sotir – Why don’t you update the server (it is already fixed in the latest player/workstation so it should be in server too). I think you are accessing your vm through vnc ? If so there should not be problem when using from another server.

    Поздрави!

  7. Andrew Cutler Says:
    March 6th, 2010 at 7:36 am

    Thanks Peter.

    This saved me some hassles when using Ubuntu 9.04 Kernel with Ubuntu 9.10 GTK.

    FYI, for others: I just put “export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes” in /usr/bin/vmplayer.

    Cheers,
    Andrew

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